My time in Eden
Music and I have had a strange relationship. I've always loved it, but music hasn't always loved me back. For one, I have no musical ability of my own. I've…
Take a break, Driver 8
For those of us in the teaching business, so many things not related to teaching have to wait until the summer months. Even then, some things we do have some…
Time Capsule: Life, Nov. 24, 1958
Too many things on my mind are failing to cohere into a decent post (or series thereof), so why don't we dive back into the stacks, eh? Here's the November…
The Fifth Column of Decency: Life, Sept. 23, 1957
One of my favorite pastimes on a lazy afternoon is to leaf through old magazines in various online archives. The big Life magazine archive is a particular joy to me,…
A day with the Big Ship
I didn't have "weekend trip to Philadelphia" on my bingo card back in July. But life happened, as it will. The ocean liner United States has been a long-standing fascination…